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The 86/92/94 design is a real pain to remove the bolt! I have done it enough to be used to it by now, but a Marlin is a lot easier to tale apart.
For normal field and end of day cleaning on 44 and 45's I use a 12 gauge jag with a 12 gauge patch, and run them through so they "Fluff out" behind the chamber and pull them into the chamber and spin them around to work on the chamber.
For end of season or other detail cleaning I pull the bolt and clean from the rear. If the chamber needs serious scrubbing, I use a 28 gauge bronze brush! It cures what ever ails even 38-40 and 44-40 chambers!
Interesting but unrelated: I noticed several of the 92's I bought used were difficult but not impossible to close lever the last 1/4". After checking almost every possible solution I pulled the lever latch apart. [Capture the latch with a C-clamp before drifting the retaining pin!] On 4 of the 92's. the coil spring was full of grime and grit! The spring was also 3 times longer than the depth of the hole! I cleaned out the hole and cut the spring to twice the depth of the hole and reassembled. It is much easier on the hand in a long day of Cowboy shooting, and is still a very firm retention of the lever! This is now a standard part of any lever action job I do! (after 15 years, never a problem or complaint!)
Ivan
For normal field and end of day cleaning on 44 and 45's I use a 12 gauge jag with a 12 gauge patch, and run them through so they "Fluff out" behind the chamber and pull them into the chamber and spin them around to work on the chamber.
For end of season or other detail cleaning I pull the bolt and clean from the rear. If the chamber needs serious scrubbing, I use a 28 gauge bronze brush! It cures what ever ails even 38-40 and 44-40 chambers!
Interesting but unrelated: I noticed several of the 92's I bought used were difficult but not impossible to close lever the last 1/4". After checking almost every possible solution I pulled the lever latch apart. [Capture the latch with a C-clamp before drifting the retaining pin!] On 4 of the 92's. the coil spring was full of grime and grit! The spring was also 3 times longer than the depth of the hole! I cleaned out the hole and cut the spring to twice the depth of the hole and reassembled. It is much easier on the hand in a long day of Cowboy shooting, and is still a very firm retention of the lever! This is now a standard part of any lever action job I do! (after 15 years, never a problem or complaint!)
Ivan
I've always just cleaned them from the muzzle. Being careful and not getting sloppy with the cleaning rod banging against the rifling at the crown, ect. Never needed to take them apart except for repairs.
I did see a guy use a cleaning rod gadget he made up himself that worked well.
It was a pistol cleaning rod. On the end was a length of flexible cable, maybe 6 or 7" long.
On the end on that was a threaded fitting that could screw standard brushes or jags onto.
The flex cable was the steel type, looked like a piece from a lawn mower throttle control!. It was long enough to comfortably bend around the corner and get the brush or jag easily into the chamber with the bolt open through the ejection port. He then simply twisted the rod and moved it back and forth to clean the chamber out. He was careful not to let the cable wear on the edge of the frame cutout of the port.
The fittings and rod were silver soldered to together he said and held just fine. I assumed low temp silverbearing soft solder, but high temp hard solder could be used if you blocked the heat from the springy cable and got in and out fast soldering it up.
Maybe someone is already making something like this and I mearly saw this after crawling out from under my rock for a day at the range. But it seemed like an easy thing to make if you wanted to. Worked well.
I just keep cleaning them from the muzzle. There isn't that much gunk in there after all.
I did see a guy use a cleaning rod gadget he made up himself that worked well.
It was a pistol cleaning rod. On the end was a length of flexible cable, maybe 6 or 7" long.
On the end on that was a threaded fitting that could screw standard brushes or jags onto.
The flex cable was the steel type, looked like a piece from a lawn mower throttle control!. It was long enough to comfortably bend around the corner and get the brush or jag easily into the chamber with the bolt open through the ejection port. He then simply twisted the rod and moved it back and forth to clean the chamber out. He was careful not to let the cable wear on the edge of the frame cutout of the port.
The fittings and rod were silver soldered to together he said and held just fine. I assumed low temp silverbearing soft solder, but high temp hard solder could be used if you blocked the heat from the springy cable and got in and out fast soldering it up.
Maybe someone is already making something like this and I mearly saw this after crawling out from under my rock for a day at the range. But it seemed like an easy thing to make if you wanted to. Worked well.
I just keep cleaning them from the muzzle. There isn't that much gunk in there after all.
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When it comes to Lever Action Rifles I've always gravitated to Marlins over the Winchesters because they are so easy to clean from the Receiver end as the Bolt comes out super easy and quickly. I also like the mechanism, ejection, and simplicity of the Marlin over the Winchester.
When cleaning a Winchester, a pull through Otis type system usually works well. Some just clean them from the front and while this is usually not the preferred method, if done carefully and a muzzle guide / protector is used, it's not the end of the world.
Winchesters are usually prettier and a bit better made but the Marlins are much more shooter friendly Lever Guns IMO. When I shot SASS Matches for 20 years I always used a Marlin.
When cleaning a Winchester, a pull through Otis type system usually works well. Some just clean them from the front and while this is usually not the preferred method, if done carefully and a muzzle guide / protector is used, it's not the end of the world.
Winchesters are usually prettier and a bit better made but the Marlins are much more shooter friendly Lever Guns IMO. When I shot SASS Matches for 20 years I always used a Marlin.
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I bought a tool called a "Chamber Maid" quite awhile ago for an M1 Garand and it's been very useful for cleaning the chamber on that and also my AR's, AK's and lever guns. I've worn out some chamber brushes but the tool is still going strong.
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I have a short (about 10") flexible plastic (Nylon, I think) cleaning rod made for lever action and semiauto guns which are difficult to disassemble. It is made primarily for chamber cleaning, but also works fine for cleaning any handgun barrel. I bought it mainly for cleaning my Remington 7400 and 740 rifles, but it works well for both of my Model 94s and my M1.
Brownell's has this one which is similar to mine.
12 ga. Chamber Maid Kit : C. J. WEAPONS ACC. CHAMBER CLEANING KITS | Brownells
Or this one on eBay:
Pro-shot Flexible Chamber Cleaning Tool Ch1 33 off | eBay
Brownell's has this one which is similar to mine.
12 ga. Chamber Maid Kit : C. J. WEAPONS ACC. CHAMBER CLEANING KITS | Brownells
Or this one on eBay:
Pro-shot Flexible Chamber Cleaning Tool Ch1 33 off | eBay
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